Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister outside of the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the economic impact of coronavirus pandemic is huge, and that the world will not be the same after it.With the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic spreading to India’s interiors, the economic fallout is likely to be far more severe than the first wave.
Several rating agencies have already slashed their growth forecasts for Asia’s third largest economy.While delivering the keynote address on the occasion of Vesak Global Celebrations, Modi expressed his condolences to those who have suffered and lost their near and dear ones to the virus.